Day by Day
Day by Day is an American sitcom starring Douglas Sheehan, Linda Kelsey, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Courtney Thorne-Smith, and Thora Birch. Day by Day was telecast from February 29, 1988, through June 25, 1989, on NBC.
Seasons
1. Birthday Presence
Air Date: 1988-02-29
Brian and Ross come to an understanding while trying to persuade a divorced father to attend his son's birthday party.
2. How to Succeed in Day Care
Air Date: 1988-03-03
Brian and Kate are at odds and evens when the parents of overachiever Molly ask them to add math and reading to their curriculum.
3. One Big Happy Family
Air Date: 1988-03-06
Self-sufficient teen Ross looks at quality time as an overrated inconvenience, while Brian is serious about getting to know his son.
4. That Saturday Feeling
Air Date: 1988-03-13
Brian takes the title of ""Hippest Dad"" to heart, when all Ross would like him to be is ""Anonymous Ride Giver,"" especially when his dad's new found coolness threatens to ruin his party.
5. Community Service
Air Date: 1988-03-20
Caught in a stock scam, Eileen receives a sentence worse than death: community service at the day-care center. Meanwhile, Ross's bathrobe, Baby, seems to have escaped from his custody.
6. Birth Wait
Air Date: 1988-03-27
Brian and Kate have their hands full at a slumber party with a guitar-strumming Ross, Eileen, two hyper kids, and another kid who's dreading the arrival of a new sibling.
7. What I Did for Love
Air Date: 1988-04-03
When Kristin turns down his request for a date, Ross and his overactive teen hormones settle for an evening of team babysitting.
8. Great Expectations
Air Date: 1988-04-10
Buoyed by Ross's high aptitude scores, Kate goes to work as his high-pressure tutor.
9. How Now, Dow Jones
Air Date: 1988-04-17
Kate turns bearish when Brian becomes more interested in part-time stock counseling than in full-time storytelling.
10. Life at a Glance
Air Date: 1988-04-24
Obsessive planner Eileen meets a divorced father and, after dating him for only a week, she maps out their next 50 years together.
11. The Age of Dinosaurs
Air Date: 1988-05-01
Ross basks in the glow of pre-school as he wows the kids with a hit dinosaur demo, prompting Brian and Kate to steer him toward a teaching career.
12. Do You Think I'm Sexy?
Air Date: 1988-05-15
Aided by amateur counselors Elaine and Kristin, Kate tries to rekindle the romance in her marriage, as hamsters and finger painting replace dining and dancing.
13. The Field Trip
Air Date: 1988-05-29
The kids are gearing up for a trip to the petting zoo, but Kate's ego is what needs stroking after a bad day has her convinced that she's a day-care disaster.
1. My World and Welcome to It
Air Date: 1988-10-30
Eileen gives Ross a student internship, but will the pressure of being a successful pre-stockbroker drive him into early retirement?
2. Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Air Date: 1988-11-06
The intimitable Eileen is moving next door, and it's not a pretty sight as she demoralizes the remodeling men and, in a pinch, babysits Emily.
3. Trading Places
Air Date: 1988-11-27
Brian welcomes college buddy Steven Keaton whose plan to see St. Louis with son Andy falls on its arches when Andy decides he'd rather spend time at the playschool.
4. Girl Wars
Air Date: 1988-12-04
Ross finally gets up the nerve to ask a girl to a dance, but best friend Stiv has the nerve to ask her first.
5. Harper and Son
Air Date: 1988-12-11
Brian's gregarious father visits, but he strikes out with Brian when he tries to turn Ross from a star sleeper into a star athlete.
6. Merry Kristin
Air Date: 1988-12-18
Kristin gets her feelings hurt when she throws the Harper's her family's traditional Danish Eve of Christmas Eve feast. Later, the preschool throws a Christmas pageant.
7. You Gotta Be a Football Hero
Air Date: 1989-01-01
Ross goes out for football to make a pass at a girl who loves the sport, and Brian is carried back to his gridiron glory days.
8. Smart Women, Nice Refreshments
Air Date: 1989-01-08
Eileen ropes a reluctant Kate into joining a professional women's group, but before long, Kate ""the Organizer"" has tied down the lead over Eileen in the race for club secretary.
9. Out for a Stretch
Air Date: 1989-01-15
Ross takes a job baby-sitting, but an evening out cruising in a stretch limo is too tempting to turn down, so he takes Molly and Emily along for the ride.
10. The Music Man
Air Date: 1989-01-29
The preschool's music teacher, Charlie the Song Guy, strikes a chord with Eileen, who learns to enjoy sounds other then the ringing of a cash register.
11. A Very Brady Episode
Air Date: 1989-02-05
After getting an F on a term paper, Ross' parents are very disappointed in his efforts. They asked what he was doing with his time & he's watching a Brady Bunch marathon. So they ground him from the tv until he can improve his grades. As he was studying, Ross has a dream about being on The Brady Bunch! He's greeted by Carol & was amazed that he's their long lost son, Chuck Brady! Carol makes him take off the robe & Chuck finds himself wearing 70's clothes. He also meets Mike who asks him to go get a perm. And Alice who had boxing gloves on. Then he met Peter & Bobby who wanted him to work on his campaign for student council president. Then he met a very pregnant Marcia! Marcia thanks him for backing her up for student council. Then the boys & girls fight over that. Chuck doesn't want to be student council president. Then Chuck sees his two girls who are Marcia's friends dressed as cheerleaders. Chuck can't stand the rerun of Brady living so he wakes up to find his real paren
12. My Momma Done Tol' Me
Air Date: 1989-02-12
Ross battles Kate's low opinion of his new girlfriend, who has a very high opinion of herself.
13. Fraternity
Air Date: 1989-02-19
While Ross admires Brian's practical joking fraternity brother Stan, Brian thinks Stan still has some growing up to do.
14. Tears of a Clown
Air Date: 1989-02-26
Ross and Stiv enroll in home ec to savor the presence of their female classmates, but Ross finds his cooking teacher's company most appetizing.
15. Harmless Harper
Air Date: 1989-03-05
Brian is flustered but flattered by the amorous attention of an attractive stockbroke, but Kate invests her complete trust in her husband.
16. Three Men and a Babe
Air Date: 1989-03-12
Ross loses big with his buddies when he begins spending all of his time in artistic pursuits with his girlfriend, instead of joining the guys for their manly game of Risk.
17. Foul Play
Air Date: 1989-03-23
Eileen figures to benefit when her ""best friend"" Kristin begins going out with Eileen's grateful boss.
18. The Reunion
Air Date: 1989-04-02
Eileen is determind to relive the humiliating days of yesteryear at her high-school reunion, so she hires Ross to pose as her husband.
19. The Lost Weekend
Air Date: 1989-04-16
Ross and his girlfriend have the house to themselves or so they think.
20. Father Knows Best
Air Date: 1989-06-04
An overprotective dad pulls his son out of preschool, while Ross is pushed into a date with the daughter of one of Eileen's clients.
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Rating
6.0/10
Release Date
1988-02-29
Episodes
33 (2 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Production Companies
Paramount Television
Ubu Productions